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A new study shows that Louisiana residents pay some of the lowest property taxes in the country.

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Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal has spoken: People who live in the Morganza floodway need to prepare to evacuate.  Earlier today, Jindal said it's just a matter of time before the rising river level makes opening the flood control structure a necessity.

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What are folks naming their kids these days? The Social Security Administration is out with its annual list of the most popular baby names.

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For the first time since 1984, Standard and Poors has raised its rating on Louisiana's General Obligation bond debt to AA (Double-A).

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A single death is being reported from a plane crash this afternoon just north of Old Mooringsport Road near U.S. 71.

A driver travelling along highway 71 notified emergency services when the plane wreckage was spotted in some trees near the roadway.

Listen to audio from the scene of the crash:

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"Chief Executive" magazine has just released its 2011 "Best and Worst States for Business" ranking. And, this year, Louisiana checks in at #27.

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The days of the "Old West" may be long gone but horse thieves, it seems, are not.

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Two northwest Louisiana men have been cited for alligator hunting violations.

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On Wednesday, April 13th at approximately 11:30 AM, members of the Caddo-Shreveport Narcotics Unit conducted an investigation into an alleged methamphetamine laboratory in the 3900 block of Greenwood Road, The Palomar Hotel, resulting from information gathered as the result of a complaint from a concerned citizen

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Bossier Parish Sheriff's Booking PhotoBossier Sheriff Larry Deen says a Haughton woman was arrested Friday night for aggravated assault and domestic abuse battery. 

Alisa James Moore, 45, of the 100 block of Pease Road, was taken into custody after she committed domestic abuse battery and aggravated assault on her husband in front of her two minor children. 

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